I really liked "Rookies." My one little complaint though is I think that the CIS fleet could technically have taken the Republic fleet and won. There were 9 Munificent-class frigates with 2 Lucrehulk-class battleships on the CIS side vs. ~6 Venator-class Star Destroyers.

According to Wookieepedia 3-4 Munificent class frigates are required to take on a Venator-class Star Destroyer. On the wookieepedia entry for the Lucrehulk-class battleship of the Clone Wars it says that an entire flotilla/fleet of Star Destroyers was required to bring down their shields.

Even if this claim is exaggerated it seems to me that the two fleets were almost evenly matched. I guess I was looking for a space battle as a result of the rookie's heroism and was a little disappointed when that didn't happen (and I'm gonna guess I would have gotten it if they had more air timer per episode). Overall though I really liked it._________________

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 5:19 pm

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Mara Jade SkywalkerAdministrator

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Well you know, Salaris, they were running out of time on the show: "We've got 30 seconds, wrap it up!" _________________
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 8:44 pm

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Salaris VornModerator

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Mara Jade Skywalker wrote:

Well you know, Salaris, they were running out of time on the show: "We've got 30 seconds, wrap it up!"

yeah yeah I know. The "We've got 30 seconds..." reminded me of Red Leader's trench run "Just a few more seconds..." So now I have this image of the production leader working frantically at a computer saying Red Leader's lines while the assistants desperately try to hold the studio door closed to prevent the studio from being taken over before the episode is completed. _________________

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 9:46 pm

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Heh, that's an amusing picture. I'll probably see it every time I watch the end of an episode now. _________________
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:22 am

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AutobonMaster

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almost there........... *We cant shake 'em!* almost there........ *Get out of there!* almost there.....

Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:33 am

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Watched "Downfall of a Droid" last night. I liked parts of this episode, but I also disliked parts of it. Plus the music was really bad in several scenes. Anakin was getting pretty hot headed in this episode and really worked up over loosing R2. I just didn't really enjoy it all that much. I did like the IG assassin droids, the Trandoshan (though he looked more like Gryph), and the buggy R3 droid.

Some of my dismay could just be the fact that this episode carries over into the next one and that it won't ring true until I see both parts. Then again, maybe it was just too much Anakin._________________
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:43 pm

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Autobon wrote:

almost there........... *We cant shake 'em!* almost there........ *Get out of there!* almost there.....

Lol! *rolls credits* "Its away!" Now I'm gonna be thinking of how to introduce the briefing sequence... I think I'll have to add this whole discussion to the "You know your a Star Wars fan when..." thread. _________________

Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:23 pm

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Salaris VornModerator

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so I've finally had some free time and thought I would watch Episode 6. But I can't seem to find it anywhere on the Star Wars main website or on Cartoon Network. I can find web clips but not the full episode. I have watched all the previous episodes on the Star Wars website so I'm wondering am I just not looking in the right spot or are they no longer putting the episodes online? If its still online on those websites a link to it would be much appreciated._________________

Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:36 am

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AutobonMaster

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Its not up yet. Should go up this friday, because there was that week where nothing aired.

Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:11 pm

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I saw Downfall of a Droid, the other day. It felt a little rushed (they probably could've turned it into two episodes). I liked Anakin's temper and I really felt sorry for R3._________________
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Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:17 pm

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Reepicheep wrote:

I saw Downfall of a Droid, the other day. It felt a little rushed (they probably could've turned it into two episodes). I liked Anakin's temper and I really felt sorry for R3.

there's another episode on it's way still
haha, R3 was practically TRYING to get them killed! he deserved it! stupid goldie, you can never replace R2!!

Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 6:40 pm

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Salaris VornModerator

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I just saw Downfall. I really liked it. I finally finally got some actual space combat so I'm pretty happy about that.

I think R3 is going to turn out to be a Sep controlled droid. After all of the stuff he did that's what I kept thinking._________________

Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 7:18 pm

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Mara Jade SkywalkerAdministrator

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Anybody else think the music at the beginning of Downfall inappropriate for what was going on? It just didn't seem to fit the action. *shrugs* Though that's just me, of course._________________
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Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 3:10 pm

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ReepicheepMaster

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I just re-watched Downfall of a Droid and it was worse than I remember. The music was really weird; it didn't fit in Star Wars at all, Gha Nacht passing gas was really lame and the plot was really dry._________________
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